Improvement in weather-strips for doors



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

H. C. HUNT, OF AMBOY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WEATHER-STRIPS FOR DOORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 44,428, dated September 27, 1864.

.To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, H. C. HUNT, of Aniboy, in the county of Lee and State of Illiv nois, have invented a new and Improved feather-Strip for Doors; and I do hereby det lare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the aecompanying drawings, forming part of this speei tic ttion, in which- Figure lis an outside view of a door partially open and having myinvention applied to it; Fig. 2, a transverse sect-ion of the same, taken in the line x x, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an outside view of the lower portion ot' a door with my improvement applied to it, the latter being partially in section or broken away.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate like pa ts.

This invention relates to a new and im` proved weather strip for doors, designed to prevent rain bein g driven by the wind underneath the door, and also to prevent the wind itself from passing underneath the door.

The invention consists in attaching a plate by means ot' joints to the lower part ot'a door andhaving a spring applied to the door behind the plate, all being so arranged that when the door is closed the plate will be in a vertical position in front of the door-sill and effectually prevent wind or rain from passing underneath it, while lthe plate will, as the door is opened, be raised under the action of the i spring so as to be above the sill and not come in -eontact with it. I

A represents a door-frame, and B a doo hung to the frame A by hinges t) in the usual way. D is the door-sill, constructed and applied inthe ordinary way.

To the lower part ot1 the door B at its outer i side there is suspended by joints a a a metal plate, E, the latter being allowed to swing freely and extending down a trifle below the bottom of the door, the plate fitting in a rabbet in the door. To the door B, directly behind the plate E, there `is attached a spring, F, which may be constructed in any proper manner.

A tlat spring is represented in Figs. 2 and 3.

When the door is closed, the ends or the plate E come in contact with the cleat or shoulder b at the side of the jam c ot' the doorframe, to which the nosing of the lock is attached, and said cleat presses down the plate E to a vertical position directly over the front ofthe sill D, as shown in Fig. 2, and-said plate eft'ectnally prevents rain or wind from passing underneath the door between it and the sill. On opening the door the springF turns up the plate E, so that the latter may pass back over-the sill D and its lower edge be retained above the sill until the door reaches a closed state, or until the end of plate E comes in contact with cleat b.

The arrangement is extremely simple and the devire may bc applied at a small cost. 'The top ot' the sill D is covered by a metal plate, c, between which and the door-sill there is a strip of listing, felt, or gum, g, which extends beyond the edge of the iron plate and forms a packing against which the strip rests when closed, rendering the joint impervious to wind and water.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The plate c', when used in connection with the packing g, for the purpose specified.

H. C. HUNT.

Witnesses:

W. lt. HUNT, JOHN CLARK. 

